The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-10-15
Items Of Interest.

meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee will be held in New Orleans Thurs
day, October 80.
Bienville New Era 1t strikes us that if the
Nichols ring is not broken, it is becoming
verysthin in places.
Judge T. c. Manning, of Alexandria, La,
the United States minister to Mexico. died in
New York last Tuesday morning.
St. Landry has thirteen pensioners who re-
ceive 1866 every quarter from the U. ). treas
ury, and Acadia has three who receive $72
quarterly.
A test trial of the Luft deeorticating ma
chine was made at Kenner, La, on the 7th inst,
which proved great success. ln six hours 1T
produced 2400 pounds of green jute fiber
Thibodaux Sentinel 1t is really distressing
to witness the contortions of the Retormers
in their futile endeavors to w!iggle out ot
their crushing defeat in the Sixth Congress
| sional District.
Rayne Signal The parish school board met
at Crowley last Saturday, but owing to the
small amount of funds apportioned to most ot
| the wards they decided not to open any
schools in the parish until the first OF january
next.
| Bienvlle New Era As an evidence OF what
advertising d place will do, the Lake Charles
! pauers say that place is almost continually
overrun by northern people seeking homes III
Southwest Louisiana.
| Rayne Signal: During the pleasant wealth
| er we have bad the past week, the foundation
| for the courthouse at Crowley has been lala
| and work is being pushed rapidly along on the
| building. We hope to see the building COM
pleted ut as early day as possible:
| Although no campaign has yet been mace
in behalf of Gov McEnery aud no effort to et-
feet an organization endorsing him for Gov.
in many parishes formed Democratic clubs
and adopted resolutions favoring bis cand'-
daey.
| Observation-Disclosures, Oct. 10: The State Uni
yersity and A. g. Nj. College opened on Wed
nes,lay of last week with upwards of sixty ca
dets. and last Saturday the number had been
increased TO over seyenty-tiive. Every day
there are new arrivals. and it is expected the
number this session will reach fully. enc hun
dred and twenty. Last session there were
only about sixty cadets present, and the large
increase this year shows that the edncationa
revival that has been going on through the
State has had beneficial effect. This spien
did institution of learning should have four OF
five hundred students, aud We have no dono'
| will now continue to increase until IL mas
reached that number.
The papers in North Louisiana that were
for sonie other candidate than Nichols or Nc
Emery are still coming over tn Nichoils-nont
of them seem to go over to McEnery.-ee
Landry Democrat.
Aud vet. only short time since, it was EN-
pl,atically declared by one of your ring tha'
The third man movement was gotten up ah'
yas being worked in the interest OF McEnery
! This has been repeated, parrot like, 10y all th'
Nichols organs and reiterated by the neV
! converts a. kind OF contession-iaise
D eourse-which will fail to DECEIVE any one.
The real advocates of a third man are hou
ast in their efforts, and good democrat6,o no
J. political hucksters and acrobats; hence IT
i no wonder that such politicians cannot nndE'
. stand them.-Bienyiile New Era.
9 Farmeryille Gazette: Gen. Francis T. MICH
" oils ia without doubt a gallant ard brave mar
t. This he proved in times OF war and be no'
demonstrates his unf1inching courage By til
anormous weight be has taken with hlm
y the opening of his campaign. At Aacnarie
p man with less nerve than Gen. Nlchons po
d sessed would have been annihilated. he ha
ir first ex-senator aud ex-Associate Justice :.
a the Suureme Court Of Louisiana White. Il
N ;s . GOOD man on the talk. Second there wa
ex-Jndge and City Attorney OF New oriean
Walter Rogers. He is the reputed leader {
le fha Hunt movement in the first Congresslon
ig district was a candidate before the last Den
D. ocratie convention for nomination as Alto
it new General of the State and is said to J.
ne cast his longing eyes upon this place on q
Sc Nichols ticket. Third comes Charles Ia
vi lange, ex.State Senator, ex- District Attofne
lis ex Candidate for nomination TO Congre
be Siath district and now United States Dlstrl
Attorney for the Eastern District OF lou
iana. -,
es- paign committee, [. w. Patton. Tins gent
be he is now Treasurer of the city of New c
re leans, Treasurer School board Of New orleal
is an ex- Mayor. ex-Adjutant General, ex1irI
%, ipal Sheriff OF Orleans, etc.
in These are some of the relormefs on &c
nj Nichols shoulders. There are others but
so, are weary naming the above list and their {
cumuIafed honors.
AS s---sa o se---.------s-
at, Mr.. EDITOR The New Orleans Picayu
'no in lis report Of what | said in the CoDgr
N.,i Iam sional Convention distorted my remarks
wv saa did an injustice to Mr.. H. Z. Garland.
acF soon as my attention was called to the mat
Iswrote to the paper requesting the inserti
Of the following correction. As it has fail
ca. TO comply with my request, be so kind as
by publish it. ,r. q
on. NV remarks were to this ehecU: Mf. "
hot land, being member of the Convention
g. the time the committee was appointed to
vas persede the one over which preside, sta'
om to the Convention that to do SO ito appoin
ing rayv con,mittee) was a revolutionary act, wi
od ont precedent, without authority, and wo,